With our current squad

[MikeSB]

Mike I was not asking whether our squad was good enough or not. Neither was I raising the theory coaching or no coaching.

In my opinion I believe that our current squad are good enough to be serious playoff prospects. Without exception I believe that all of our summer recruits only signed for our club with similar beliefs and aims. Each one is more than equal to the demands of league2 football. so the answer is that without doubt the squad is good enough.

But look where we are now, 3points above the relegation zone. And deservedly so. Our team selection is questionable, and our tactics are beyond belief. Mike take a look at the formation I said the team was using in my original post on this thread. In allhonesty have you ever heard of any team in the world using that formation? That is totally down to our manage

In a long run of games we have only won two. Against Stevenage and Notts County, and neither of them turned up for the game that day. Our weakness is there for all our opponents to see, and boy they are seeing them.

Mike I get the impression you are not attending games this season. You should go and see how bad we really are.r

Hi mate, I don't go to many games now that is true and so am prepared to be shot down and so don't try to make too many comments when you and others actually do and so I tend to depend on the radio commentaries. McGarry and Morse are ardent Alex fans and so think they give a good balance of opinion before, during and after games.

If its about formation and tactics then yes, the buck stops with the management and if players are not being played in the right position or don't know who to mark during say corners and set pieces where we seem to stop the opposition scoring then its the same thing. It was assumed we would do better in L2 because it was thought the standard and pace of the games would suit the academy players where their talent and coaching would shine through. But the downside is the whether they could cope with the physical brutishness of many seasoned Pro's in these lower leagues. I can't comment on that and maybe its not an issue. You and others can advise..

I will add that its a long time since we had two things at the club though. A really good dominating midfield that could support the defence and attack and the second one is players with pace like R Jack, S Jones and that player NB signed from non league, sorry forgot his name and a few others and not sure whether young boys coming out of the academy can do it... again look at who has come through and see?

I'm not against any academy anywhere. All clubs encourage youngsters to come and play from the local area and so we would do the same irrespective. I would not spend a million pounds a season though on mostly non footballers and coaches though which must be where the money is going as its not the players that is for sure at the academy. I wonder if a reserve team as in the old days would be a better bet for all levels of the game and would ease players coming back from injury or just not getting games to play at a similar strength and ability level as under 18's and even under 21's seem to find it hard..Its not as though there aren't enough players and facilities and even the ground as they could be played at Gresty Road like they used to..

I don't know how good our players are or where they will finish in the league. Over to you and others to judge!

ATB

Mike

PS . i just remembered....Varney!